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Yahoo! shuts down GeoCities

Technology / Internet

created Oct 26, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Yahoo! on Monday closed GeoCities, a free Web hosting service that it purchased for over three billion dollars at the height of the dot-com boom.


Metcalfe's Law Is Wrong

Technology / Internet

created Jun 21, 2006 | popularity 2.4 / 5 (9) | comments 0

The devil is in the details. Of all the popular ideas of the Internet boom, one of the most dangerously influential was Metcalfe's Law. Simply put, it says that the value of a communications network is proportional to the ...


St Martin's Island is Bangladesh's lone coral island

Bangladesh tries to save lone coral island

Space & Earth / Environment

created 19 hours ago | popularity 3 / 5 (1) | comments 1

Bangladesh has ordered a building freeze on its lone coral island in a bid to save its wildlife and natural beauty from a boom in construction fuelled by tourism, its environment minister said Tuesday.


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AT&T, Yahoo! in Internet phone deal

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created Apr 26, 2006 | popularity 2 / 5 (1) | comments 0

AT&T and Yahoo! jointly launched an integrated Internet-based voice communications service.


Yahoo! sais it is abandoning GeoCities

Yahoo! abandoning GeoCities

Technology / Internet

created Apr 23, 2009 | popularity 2 / 5 (2) | comments 1

Yahoo! said Thursday it will close its GeoCities service that provides people a free online locale for home pages.


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Intel designs rugged PC for rural India

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created Mar 29, 2006 | popularity 3.9 / 5 (12) | comments 0

Intel is introducing a new personal computer designed to meet the demands of India's often-rugged countryside.


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Boom times ahead for mobile Web access

Technology / Internet

created Apr 24, 2009 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

After a slow start, mobile Web access has finally taken off, thanks in large part to better technology, and it will drive growth in Internet use in the future, industry leaders say.


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Nokia Showcases 3D Cell Phone

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

created Sep 04, 2009 | popularity 3.5 / 5 (4) | comments 0 weblog

(PhysOrg.com) -- Finnish giant Nokia, the world's biggest phone manufacturer, is developing a 3D mobile phone with a stereoscopic display. And you don't need 3D glasses to get the three-dimensional effect.


Updated Silicon Valley history book shows how far we've come

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created Jan 07, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Silicon Valley historian John McLaughlin figured maybe it was time to update his work.


Comcast settles data discrimination lawsuit

Technology / Internet

created Dec 23, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 3

(AP) -- Comcast will pay up to $16 million to settle a class-action lawsuit accusing the cable TV operator of delaying certain Internet traffic.



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